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Here in Brazil, paramedics in American films are called rescuers or rescuers. Several professionals can work in this area, from doctors to nursing assistants. Urgently find out about a profession that can save you from indecision about your career.
TRAINING
Undergraduate and postgraduate: medical or nursing colleges
Other courses: non-superior courses for nursing assistants and technicians or aimed at military personnel from the Fire Department also allow work in the rescue sector
What is learned: recognize risks of respiratory arrest, treatments for major cardiovascular emergencies, use of defibrillators, removal techniques…
WORK
Occupation area: you can work in the Samu teams (a pre-hospital care network created by the federal government), in emergency services on highways, in private companies that remove patients, in emergency rooms in hospitals and in the rescue teams of the Corpo fire department
Day to day: varies according to the area of activity and the training of the rescuer. The shifts of physicians in this specialty, for example, are 12 or 24 hours. Nurses work 12 hours and have another 36 hours off
Market situation: it is a promising branch because the number of rescue teams is still small. The tendency is for vacancies to emerge in all areas, from emergency room services to pre-hospital care
What else is worth: “There is nothing more rewarding than helping a person when they need it most”, says doctor Antonio Onimaru, from the general coordination of urgency and emergency at the Ministry of Health
Why think twice: the professional has to constantly live with death and know how to deal with it and with the pain of the victims’ families
REMUNERATION
Wage:
more than the time on the job, salaries vary according to the training of each rescuer. A doctor who works 24 hours a week earns around R$3,000 a month; a nurse working 36 hours a week earns around 2,500 reais